Gage attachment for planes.



PATENTED JUNHIB. 1907. N. N. BBA'SLB-Y. GAGE ATTACHMENT FOR PLANES.

APPLICATION FILED IUIE 11 1908..

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No. 857,514. PATENTED JUN 18'. 1907 N. N, BEASLBY. GAGE ATTACHMENTFORPLANES,

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11, 190 6.

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NOAH N. BEASLEY, OF GREELEY, COLORADO.

GAGE ATTACHMENT FOR PLANES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 18, 1907.

I Application filed June 11,1906. Serial No. 321,119.

To a, whont it may concern:

Be it known that I, NOAH N. BEASLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at. Greeley, in the county of Y/Veld and State of Colorado,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in GageAttachments forPlanes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same,- reference beinghad to the ac companying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an attachment for planes consisting of a sort ofgage attached to-the plane and adjustable in such a manner that when thegage plate engages the flatside of the board or piece of wood whose edgeis to be acted on by the plane, the said edge may be cut down to form ahori zontal surface or a surface inclined to the horizontal, accordingto the position of the gage plate.

An important feature of my invention consists in the means whereby thegage plate is adjusted and locked in the desired position of adjustment.

Having briefly outlined my improved construction as well as the functionit is intended to perform, I will proceed to describe the same in detailreference being made to the accom anying drawing in which is illustratedan em odiment thereof.

In this drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a metal planeequipped with my improved attachment. Fig. 2 is a front end elevation ofthe construction shown in Fig. 1 or a view looking in the direction ofthe arrow in said figure. Fig. 3 is a detail view of my improved gageshown on a larger scale. Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective views in detailof features used in connection with the device, the same being shown ona larger scale.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the views.

Let the numeral 8 designate the body part of the device or the partwhich is relatively stationary when fixedly attached to the plane. Thisbody part as shown in the drawing consists of an integral plate cut awayin part to diminish the weight and amount of material employed. Theopposite extremities of this body part are provided with upwardlyprojecting screws 9 upon which are loosely mounted angle clips orkeepers 10. The member 10A of each of these clips is provided with aplain or unthreaded opening 10B adapted to slide freely on the screw.Above each angle clip of each screw 9 is located a thumb nut 12.

When the device is in use the angle clips 10 are adjusted to engage theupper edge of one of the side plates 6 of the plane, the thumb nuts arescrewed down to hold the same in place. In this case the dependingmember 100 of the clip engages the inside surface of the part 6 of theplane. Adjacent each screw 9, the plate 8 is provided with an ear 13having a vertically-dis osed elongated opening 14 through whic othersuitable devices may be passed, when it is desired to attach the gage toa wooden plane.

Extending below each extremity of the plate 8 and formed integraltherewith is an apertured lug 15 adapted to receive a bearing pin orjournal 16 which is passed through the opening in the lug and secured tothe gage plate 17. One of these pins may if desired be formed integralwith the gage plate while the other may be passed through the lug andthreaded into an opening therefor. It is also evident that any othersuitable construction of bearing 15 may be employed. Regardless of thedetails of construction, the gage plate 17 is pivotally connected withthe relatively stationary body part 8. A screw stem 19 is hinged at itslower extremity as shown at 18, to the lower part of the plate 17 Thisscrew stem passes through the apertured parallel parts 20 of a U-shapedkeeper 21 whose member 22 connecting the two arms is also apertured toreceive a screw 23 which passes through the curved slot 24 of asegmental arm'25 made fast to the body plate 8 of the gage. Theinwardly-extending part 26 of the segment is centrally conscrews 01' 1yby ro erly adjustin t P P P 2:

nected with the plate 8 and between this connection and the slotted partis formed an offset 27 to make room for the keeper2l and the screw stem19 whereby the screw stem may occupy a central position with referenceto the parts 8 and 17 of the gage. On the opposite side of the slottedsegment from the keeper, a thumb nut 28 is applied to the screw 23.

The shank of the screw adjacent the head or where it passes through thekeeper, should be formed square or angular in cross section to fit acounterpart opening in the keeper, to prevent the screw from turningwhile tightening the thumb nut. Y

Mounted on the screw stem 19 and occupying a position between the arms20 of the eeper, is a thumb nut 29 which is employed to adjust theposition of the gage plate, whereby the latter maybe thrown to any desired angle to the plane of the body part 8.

In the use of the device the gage plate 7 may be adjusted to occupy thedesired angle approximately with the plane 8. Thenby turning the thumbnut 29, an accurate or close adjustment may be easily obtained.

From the foregoing description the use and operation of my improveddevice will be readily understood. Having attached the device to theplane as shown in. Fig. 1, and after adjusting the gage plate 17 to thede sired position or angle with reference to the body part 8 of thedevice, the planing operation is commenced and continued until, with thebase plate 7 of the plane engaging the one of the flat surfaces thereofat an angle to the horizontal. In this way if the edge of the board isinclined. with reference to one of its fiat sides, it may be planedgradually to the horizontal; or if it is already horizontal and it isdesired to bevel it or give it any (16- si-red incline, this may beeffected in the same manner.

In Fig. 2 of the drawing the dotted line po sition of the board A showsthe same inclined to the "vertical and with itsedge planed to formoblique angles with the planes of its side walls, the dotted lineposition of the screw stem 19, the thumb nut 29 and the keeper 21,corresponding with the dotted line position of the board A. It will bereadily understood, however, that by maintaining the board A in thevertical position, any de sired bevel may be formed u on its edge, simhegage plate 17, and then planing the edge to the desired bevel, but inthis case it will be necessary for the operator to hold the lane in aninclined position. It is believe that this latter method of procedurewill be followed though itis of course practicable to use the device inI claim isi 1. A gage attachment for planes, consisting of a body partadapted to be fixedly connected with the plane, a gage plate pivotallyconnected with the body part and adapted to be adjusted in eitherdirection to any re quired angle, a screw stem hinged to the gage plate,a U-shaped keeper through whose parallel arm the screw stem passes, ascrew connectedwith the keeper, a slotted segmental member connectedwith the body of the de vice, the screw of the keeper passing throughthe slot of the segment, anda thumb nut a plied to the screw stemconnected with the gage plate, and occupying a position between theparallel arms of the keeper.

2. A gage plate attachment for planes, consisting of a body art, a gageplate pivotally connected wit the body part and adapted to be adjustedin either direction to any required angle, a slotted segment alsoIconnected with the body part, a screw stem pivotally connected with thegage plate, and a suitable connection between the screw stem and theslotted segment for regulating the position of the gage plate withreference to the body of the device, and suitable means connected withthe threaded stem for adjusting the gage plate independently of theadjustment permitted by the slotted segment. edge of the board, the gageplate 17 engages 3. In a device of the class described, the combinationwith a body part'consisting of a plate whose extremities are providedwith suitable means for fixedly connecting the body part with a plane, agage plate pivotally connected with the body part and adapted to beadjusted in either direction to any required angle, the body part beingprovided with a member having a curved slot, a stem hinged to the gageplate, a suitable connection between the stem and the part having thecurved slot, to permit the adjustment of the gage plate, and suitablemeans connected with the stem for adjusting the position of the gageplate independently of the adjustment permitted by the slotted part.

4. A gage attachment for planes, consisting of a body part provided withupwardly projecting screws, angle clips slidable on the screws andadapted to engage the upper edge of a metal plane, nuts applied to thescrews above the angle clips, the extremities of the body part beingprovided with depending cars, a gage plate adapted to be adjusted ineither direction to any required angle and provided with pins at itsextremities journaled in the ears of the body part, a threaded stemhinged to the body part, a U-sha ed keeper to the keeper screw forlooking the keeper in whose parallel arms are provide with unany desiredposition on the segment. ro

threaded openings through which the thread- In testimony whereof I'afliX my signature ed stem asses, a nut engaging the threaded in,presence of two witnesses. l stem and occupying a position between theNOAH N. BEASLEY. said keeper arms, a screw connected with the Witnesses:

keeper, a slotted segment through which the G. E. M. HoUsToN, keeperscrew passes, and a thumb nut applied J H. GAMBREL.

